Why
Recycle?
Each resident of Marion generates an average of 4lbs. of waste everyday.
In a year, this totals 50.5 million lbs. As the amount of trash being thrown away each
year increases, so also does the cost to collect it, haul it and landfill it. Recycling is
the best way to reduce waste, stretch our resources and maintain a reasonable refuse
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Recycling
also:
- saves energy
- conserves natural resources
- reduces litter
- reduces pollution because manufacturing using recycling material
is cleaner
- creates jobs
- helps our economy
- can reduce the amount of land needed for landfills, freeing more
land for parks, farms and homes for people and wildlife
- reduces the amount of environmental damage caused by landfilling
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How
to Recycle
Recycling uses only a small
amount of space and requires only a few seconds a day. Each household, including each
apartment, will receive one free hard plastic recycling bin to store recyclables in the
home. On your regular garbage pickup day for your neighborhood, the bin should be placed
at curbside. No need to separate the newspapers, plastic, aluminum cans or glass.
Carry-out services will be provided for the handicapped who are unable
to place their bin at curbside. Just call the City Garage at 382-1479 to get your address
on the list.
Every household is required to participate in order to make the
program work. Every pound of material recycled helps us keep your sanitation bill at the
lowest possible cost. |
| Materials not accepted |
- cardboard
- any paper except newsprint
- metals
- mirrors
- windows
- plastic bottles with openings no longer than container
- light bulbs
- dome glass
- Nos. 3 thru 7 plastic containers
- textiles
- undelivered newspapers
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Billing
The City bills residential
customers every two months for storm sewer, sanitary sewer, sanitation, and recycling
services. Each bill is due 14 days after the bill date. Direct Payment is also available
for paying your utility bill. If you have questions concerning your utility bill or Direct
Payment please call us at 387-5939. |
Message
from the Mayor:
As a Marion resident, you
are part of the weekly Curbside Recycling Program. Landfill capacity everywhere is
dwindling and at the same time dumping fees are increasing. We can no longer
afford NOT to recycle. Your participation is a necessary part of the solution to
the ever growing problem of solid waste disposal and your cooperation is most important in
making this recycling program a success. Future generations, including your grandchildren,
will thank you for helping to make the earth a safer place to live.Jack L. Kellogg
Mayor |
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| HOW AND WHAT TO RECYCLE |
| No
Yard Waste |
NEWSPAPER
(ONLY)
~ Do Not
Bundle
~ No Plastic
Bags
~ Place in
Paper Bags |
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MAGAZINES
(GLOSSY ONLY)
~ Do Not
Bundle
~ No Plastic
Bags |
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PLASTIC
(BOTTLES ONLY)
~ Milk Jugs, 2
liter Bottles
~ Laundry
Detergent
Product
Bottles
~ Rinse
Thoroughly
~ Remove
Plastic Caps
& Rings
~ No Plastic
Bags |
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GLASS
(BOTTLES & CONTAINERS)
~ Brown,
Green, Clear
~ Rinse
Thoroughly
~ Remove Lids
& Metal
Rings |
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CANS
(ONLY)
~ Aluminum
(Beverage
Cans)
~ Steel (Tin),
Bi-Metal
~ Rinse &
Flatten |
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